Have you mailed in your census form? If not make sure you get it in the mail today! Today is Census day, the due date the U.S. Census Bureau selected for all residents to fill out and return their forms by mail.
According to the Census Bureau, if all Americans mailed back their form, it would cut the cost of conducting the census by $1.5 billion. For every percentage point mail responses increase, an estimated $85 million in federal funds will be saved.
If you don’t want someone knocking on your door soon you better get that form out today! Beginning in May, census takers will go door-to-door to collect information from households who did not return their surveys. Those who have P.O. boxes will likely get a visit from a census worker soon to.
Right now My city is at 50 percent return rate! Georgia average of 47 percent and tied with the national average of 50 percent. Let’s get those forms in and be counted people! This helps our commuinty and state!
When you do the math, it’s easy to see what an accurate count of residents can do for your community. Better infrastructure. More services. A brighter tomorrow for everyone. In fact, the information the census collects helps to determine how more than $400 billion dollars of federal funding each year is spent on infrastructure and services like:
- Hospitals
- Job training centers
- Schools
- Senior centers
- Bridges, tunnels and other-public works projects
- Emergency services
Participation isn’t just important—it’s mandatory.
Realist says
I found out something very interesting. I was speaking with a co-worker which holds a supervisor position. She informed me about some information she read. The government claims their percentage of hispanic employees are low. WHAT? So they needed to hire more hispanics because there are not enough within the gorvernment. I was shocked because I see a fair amount of each race. Maybe even a little more hispanic. What’s even more interesting, the reason the percentage is low because a lot of hispanic people are marking “white” on their applications.
Just thought this would be interesting information that ties into Census.